The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-10-08
HOME AND FARM.
By Mrs. ST. j. r. MOORE.
Fall Roses.

Few places are more far famed for
her roses than Ouachita; few places
produce finer ones, or persons who take
a greater interest in the cultivation OF
this favorite flower. The soil, the eli
mate, the intelligence of the people, all
combine to grow them in their greatest
perfection.
To those who have already beautiful
gardens perhaps we might learn of
them, but 10 amatuers, and beginners,
we gladly give our experience and
suggestions from friends. -s
The word pei petual does not mean
that the rose is perpetual bloomer,
but Is term applied to the bush that
does not die down In winter. or course
this term appiies more to the North
than to us, still as it classifies roses, it
guides US in making selection, as
they are more hardy and more con-
slant boomers.
There are many roses that do better
planted out In the spring, but as there
are some that are only spring boomers,
these should be SGT in the fall; after the
first frost is best, as the sap is then
checked enough to force the roots.
Many will say they do not care for
spring blossoms only, but who would
be without Fortunis Yellow, Prai-
rio Queen, and many others of this
class? Both are spring boomers, and
yet while they are in bloom they are a
"feast for the eyes of a god"
A few roses can be kept back and
be made to bloom much finer in tho
fall than spring others naturally do
80. These are mostly of the hybrid tea
and one or two of the Bourbon. or
the first we notice the bushes OF Perle
de Jardins, Bon Silene aud Cornelia
Cork are full of perfect flowers, while
last spring their buds ali biighted.
The Burtree, Moisetie and hybrid
tea az a general thing are elegant spring
blOomers and should have Il good fall
working and manuring to insure good
root growth. AT no time Of tho year
should tho grass be allowed to grow
around roses or the earth TO become
packed, and a small amount OF char
coal should be kept near tho body Of
the bush.
The red spider has been a dreadful
pest in many gardens the past year,
and entirely stripped tho bushes OF
their leaves. 1t lays it, eggs on the
under side of the leaf, and unlcs. par
ticuiar attention is paid cannot be
seen. In some places the bushes have
been killed outright. Soap-suds, ap-
Piled with garden spray which will
throw the sutls on the under side of
the leaves, will, with few applica-
ttons, destroy them.
There Is a fungi which also attacks
tho bushes just at the ground, some-
times causing the bark to rot, and o:
course kills tho bush. 1t is of u whit
fsh appearance at first, turning black
a. the bark rots. Charcoal and cons
slant working will prevent this.
Don't be afraid of pruning. ! once
asked gentleman who has the finest
garden OF roses / ever saw, "when he
pruned his bushes" "All the time,"
was his reply. 81 keep each bush in
proper shape, and when 1 SEQ a iimb
OutgrOWing another l shorten it,"
Nothing is so profitless or unsigh,ly
as long, Struggling, unkempt rose
bush. A few of the best roses for fall
blooming are the following: Bennett,
deep red and great bloomer Bon
Siiene, rich carmine; Bride, pure
white, tea scented; Corneiin Cork,
white, straw centre La France, an old
we'll known rose; Nephitos, pure
white; Perle do Jardins, rich yellow {;
Sunset, Il most magnificent yellow rose |:
the Marchal Mel also blooms well in
the fall, AS 1t does in the spring.
WacIS